Exploring American Histories, Volume 1: A Survey with Sources

The Combined Volume includes all chapters.

Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-14.

Volume 2 includes Chapters 14-29.

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NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book - including guided reading exercises, source feature quizzes, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, summative quizzes, all of the documents from the companion reader Thinking through Sources for Exploring American Histories, and the activities built for projects in the reader - has been labeled on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in the LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, videos, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, timeline activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.

CONTENTS

Guide to Analyzing Primary Sources

Preface 

Versions and Supplements 

Maps, Figures, and Tables 

How to Use This Book 
1 Mapping Global Frontiers

to 1590 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Malintzin and Martin Waldseemüller 

Native Peoples in the Americas 

Native Peoples Develop Diverse Cultures 

The Aztecs, the Maya, and the Incas 

Native Cultures to the North 

Europe Expands Its Reach 

The Mediterranean World 

Portugal Pursues Long-Distance Trade 

European Encounters with West Africa 

GUIDED ANALYSIS

Source 1.1 Martin Waldseemüller and Mathias Ringmann, Universalis Cosmographia, 1507 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

Worlds Collide 

Europeans Cross the Atlantic 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Who Are These Native People?

Source 1.2 Christopher Columbus, Description of His First Encounter with Indians, 1492 | Source 1.3 Antonio Pigafetta Journal, 1521 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

Europeans Explore the Americas 

Mapmaking and Printing 

The Columbian Exchange 

Europeans Make Claims to North America 

Spaniards Conquer Indian Empires 

Spanish Adventurers Head North 

Europeans Compete in North America 

Spain Seeks Dominion in Europe and the Americas 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS

Indians in the New Spanish Empire
Source 1.4 Camilla Townsend, An Indian Woman Aids in the Conquest of Mexico, 2006 | Source 1.5 Jane E. Mangan, Indians Seek to Benefit from Spanish Conquest, 2005

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Conclusion: A Transformed America 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 1

Indian and Spanish Encounters in the Americas, 1519-1530 

Source 1.6 Hernán Cortés, Letter to King Charles I, 1520 | Source 1.7 Aztec Priests Respond to the Spanish, 1524 | Source 1.8 Hernán Cortés and Malintzin Meet Montezuma at Tenochtitlán, 1519 | Source 1.9 Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, La Relación, c. 1528
Quizzes for Primary Source Project 1　LaunchPad
1. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 1: Mapping America　LaunchPad

Source 1.1　Christopher and Bartolomeo Columbus, Map of Europe and North Africa, c. 1490

Quiz for Source 1.1　LaunchPad

Source 1.2　Piri Reis Map, 1513

Quiz for Source 1.2　LaunchPad

Source 1.3　Dauphin Map of Canada, c. 1543

Quiz for Source 1.3　LaunchPad

Source 1.4　Map of Cuauhtinchan, 1550

Quiz for Source 1.4　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 1　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 1　LaunchPad

2 Colonization and Conflicts

1580-1680 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

John Smith and Anne Hutchinson 

Religious and Imperial Transformations 

The Protestant Reformation 

Spain''s Global Empire Declines 

France Enters the Race for Empire 

GUIDED ANALYSIS

Source 2.1 A French Nun Reports a Huron Woman''s View of the Jesuits, 1640 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

The Dutch Expand into North America 

The English Seek an Empire 

The English Establish Jamestown 

Tobacco Fuels Growth in Virginia 

Expansion, Rebellion, and the Emergence of Slavery 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Indentured Servants In the Chesapeake

Source 2.2 Sarah Tailer Charges Captain and Mrs. Thomas Bradnox with Abuse, 1659 | *Source 2.3 Report of a Committee of the Assembly Concerning the Freedom of Elizabeth Key, 1656  

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

The English Compete for West Indies Possessions 

Pilgrims and Puritans Settle New England 

Pilgrims Arrive in Massachusetts 

The Puritan Migration 

The Puritan Worldview 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS

Colonial Models of and for English Society
Source 2.4 Jack P. Greene, The Chesapeake as a Model of and for English Society , 1988 |Source 2.5 Alan Taylor, New England Puritans Develop Anglo-American Ideals, 2001

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Dissenters Challenge Puritan Authority 

Wars in Old and New England 

Conclusion: European Empires in North America 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 2

Metacom''s War 

Source 2.6 William Nahaton, Petition to Free an Indian Slave, 1675 | Source 2.7 Benjamin Church, A Visit with Awashonks, Sachem of the Sakonnet,1716 | Source 2.8 John Easton, A Relation of the Indian War, | Source 2.9 Edward Randolph, Report on the War, 1676 | Source 2.10 Mary Rowlandson, Narrative of Captivity, 1682

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 2　LaunchPad

2. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 2: Comparing Virginia and Massachusetts Bay Colonies　LaunchPad

Source 2.1 John Smith, The Commodities in Virginia, c. 1612

Quiz for Source 2.1　LaunchPad

Source 2.2 Powhatan''s Viewpoint, as reported by John Smith, 1608

Quiz for Source 2.2　LaunchPad

Source 2.3 Richard Frethorne, Letter Home from Virginia, 1623

Quiz for Source 2.3　LaunchPad

Source 2.4 John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630

Quiz for Source 2.4　LaunchPad

Source 2.5 Capt. John Underhill, Attack at Mystic Connecticut, 1638

Quiz for Source 2.5　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 2　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 2　LaunchPad

3 Colonial America amid Global Change

1680-1754 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

William Moraley Jr. and Eliza Lucas 

Europeans Expand Their Claims 

English Colonies Grow and Multiply 

The Pueblo Revolt and Spain''s Fragile Empire 

France Seeks Land and Control